Ashes 2nd Test: Australia remove England's openers after declaring at 473/9

Australia removed England openers Rory Burns and Haseeb Hameed to leave the tourists at 172 in 84 overs trailing by 456 runs at stumps on day two of the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide OvalAfter Australia on the back of counterattack from the lowerorder declared at 4739 in the first innings Mitchell Starc and Michael Neser took out Burns and Hameed before a large lightning strike outside the venue forced early stumps to be called on a day thoroughly dominated by AustraliaIn the final session debutant Neser and Starc inflicted more misery on England with stunning late cameos Neser and Starc shared a rollicking 58run stand off just 51 balls as the hosts lowerorder along with Jhye Richardson added 89 runs in only 10 overs before captain Steve Smith declared the innings With the ball Starc struck on the first ball of his second over as Burns edged a nipping away delivery straight to Steve Smith at second slip Neser got his first Test wicket on just his second ball as Haseeb Hammed chipped to midonA massive flash of lightning outside the venue when Neser bowled the fourth ball to Dawid Malan prompted the umpires to take the players off the field eventually causing stumpsEarlier Marnus Labuschagne competed his sixth Test century while Steve Smith fell short of his and Carey chipped in with a halfcentury as Australia piled on the runs on an improved yet hapless England bowling attackResuming from 2212 Smith got the first boundary with a fierce cut through point off James Anderson Labuschagne who ended day one unbeaten on 95 reached his maiden century in the Ashes with a streaky edge past the slip cordon off Anderson for his eighth boundary in a gritty knock Labuschagne reached the threefigure mark in 287 balls making this his slowest century in Test cricketThe righthanded batter who earned two reprieves on 21 and 95 was caught behind by keeper Jos Buttler on 102 off Ollie Robinsons first delivery of the day But replays showed that Robinsons foot was on the line with nothing behind giving Labuschagne another life Eventually Robinson had the last laugh in his next over with a nipbacker that Labuschagne shouldered arms to and hitting him on the knee roll of back pad The 27yearold reviewed but couldnt change the decisionSmith in company of Travis Head continued to move forward to reach his 32nd halfcentury with a topedge flying past Buttler while pulling a short ball from Ben Stokes Head lofted over Joe Roots head but the England captain got his wicket on the next ball foxing the lefthander into yorking himselfCameron Green didnt last long as Stokes got one to move past the outer edge and hit the top of offstumpSmith and Carey ensured that Australia didnt lose another wicket till dinner break arrived After the break Carey the hometown boy was watchful at start but looked for scoring opportunities whenever it came while Smith was on cruise modeWhile Carey feasted on Roots parttime offspin Smith was quick in dispatching all bad balls to the boundary The 91run stand between Smith and Carey was broken by James Anderson whose low nipbacker rapped Smith plumb in front of the pads Smiths dismissal on 93 meant that he missed out on his 28th Test century16th as skipper and 12th in the AshesAlso Read Michael Atherton Smith seems to exist in his own worldIn his next over Anderson returned to fox Carey who recorded his maiden Test halfcentury with an offcutter which the lefthander spooned to Haseeb Hameed at short cover on the stroke of tea But with Starc and Neser shining with bat and ball in the final session Australia found themselves back on the drivers seat at the end of day twoBrief Scores Australia 473 for 9 decl in 1504 overs Marnus Labuschagne 103 David Warner 95Steve Smith 93 James Anderson 258 lead England 172 in 84 overs Michael Neser 14 Mitchell Starc 111 by 456 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever